Fixture means for curtain and drapery hangers



July 31, 1951 A. P. vEscHlo FIXTURE MEANS FOR CURTAIN AND DRAPERY HANGERS Filed Nov. 1, 1949 Anthony P. Veschio INVENTOR.

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Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE:

FIXTURE MEANS CURTAIN 'AND DRAPERY HANGERS Anthony P. Veschio, M'o'nessemPa. Application November 1, 1949, Serial No. 124,862 '7 Claims. (Cl. 211-4053)- The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in curtain and drapery rods, special brackets or fixtures, and the like, attachable to a wall, window frame or the like for hanging and maintaining curtains and drapes properly and effectively in place.

Manifestly, I am conversant with the state of the prior art to the extent that I realize that countless styles and forms of extensible rods, hangers, cranes, fixtures, brackets and the like, have been and are being used. Notwithstanding prior art developments, I have evolved and proby contrast with known hardware and accessories in the same field of invention possesses refinements and improvements of an appreciable'and worthy degree.

In carrying out the principles of the inventive concept, I provide simple and economical brackets and special fixtures which are attachable to conventional-type window construction, said brackets and fixtures being of such construction that they serve to support coacting ends of conventional-type tubular curtain and drapery rods,

special ornamental hangers for iestoon drapes,

and for crane-type extensible arms. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide improved rods whose laterally directed end portions are equipped with especiallydesigned inserts or adapters which facilitate their 'coaction with complemental features of accommodation provided therefor on the relatively stationary brackets for said adapters.

More particularly, the improved window frame bracket, in each instance, is characterized by plates or equivalent elements, which, constitute attaching means and are rigidly connectible, usually with the window frame, having a depending hook in which anend-fitting'or adapter, carried by the curtain or drapery suspension means,

is adapted to be removably saddled and which also includes an overlying detent which is spaced from but complemental to said hook and is cooperable-with said adapter.

Specifically, in carrying out'an embodiment of the novel means adopted, I provide an anchoring bracket for suspending the lateral terminal or adapter of aU-shaped curtain or drapery hanging rod comprising a, horizontally disposable attaching plate for attachment to a; window frame, said plate'havinga depending hookand-a horizontal lug, the latter being a detent and spaced from the hook and occupying a, plane above the bill of the hook, there being a curtain rod-having alateral adapter, -the terminal of which is end underlying said detent V-shaped fixture for hangin rounded, pointed, and provided with a keeper notch, the rounded terminal' or "tip serving to pilot the adapter home and said adapter being saddled in the crotchof the hook, the pointed and the latter being removably held in said keeper notch.

' In reducing to practice my overall ideas, I provide first, a window frame-or anchoringbracket with pairs of special saddling hooks and overlying detents; secondly, a notch equipped pointed adapter, usuallytelescoped and frictionally fitted into the lateral tubular end portion of a regular U-type curtain or drapery rod; thirdly, V-shaped or equivalent ornamental fixtures or accessories which are bestused for suspending drapes, festoon style, and, finally, I also have special adapters to accommodate crane-type drapery v suspending arms.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become more readily'apparent from the following description and the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view, depicting a fragmentary portion of a window frame and showing the improved curtain and drapery rods and also the dual-type brackets for attaching said rods.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of an exploded type on a larger scale, showing one ofthe window brackets and also showing the special constructionof one of theadapters.

Figure 3 is a, top plan view of the bracket seen in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an edge elevation of said bracket.

Figure'5 is a fragmentary perspective view, like Figure 1, but showing a modification, that'is, a

drapes festoonstyle.

' Figure 6, like Figure 2, is a perspective view, suitably enlarged and exploded, showing more clearly the bracket and fixture means of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is another fragmentary perspective view, based on Figures 1 and 5, but showing how an extensible crane-type arm is attached to the special adapter provided therefor.

Therelatively stationary-brackets are the same atboth ends of the window frame, are the same in all-figures of the drawings and are denoted by the numerals 1 throughout the figures. In Figure 1 the curtain rod is denoted by the numeral 8 and the drapery rod-by the numeral -9. EX- cept for sizeand inner and outer positions, these rods are basicallyalike. It will be seen,-in all figures, that the anchoring bracket 1 comprises anupper rectangular attaching plate llland an underlying slightly shorter rectangular-plate l I,

the two plates having openings I2 for passage of fastening screws. The plate I I is provided at the left-hand end with a suspension hook I3, the crotch or seat of which is denoted by the numeral I 4 and a bill by the numeral Ma. On the same end of the plate II and spaced from the hook I3 is an outstanding lug I5 which is downbent and provided with a hooked detent I511. The projecting end-portion of the top plate I also has a depending hook I6 with a crotch portion I'I defining a bill Ila. This plate also has a lug I8, slightly longer than the first-named lug and superimposed on the latter and lug I8, has a depending hook I9 which constitutes a second detent. The lug I lines up with the crotch of hook I4 and the lug I8 lines up with the crotch I! of hook I6. These hooks I3 and I6 are obviously for selective reception of the laterally directed end portions of the curtain and drapery rods 8 and 9. In Figure 2, I show one of the laterally directed terminals of rod 9 and this constitutes an adapter which is denoted by the numeral 20 and has retentive corrugations 20a and a reinforcing rib 2I. The upper surface of said rib is provided, just short of the terminal or tip, with a keeper notch 22. In addition and at the point 23, the lower edge of said adapter 20 is longitudinally curved and merges into the tip or terminal as at 24. This tip is adapted, therefore, to provide a piloting nose 24 and keeper seat 22 for said adapter 20. It is obvious that, under this arrangement, the pilot 24 is easily fed and guided into the crotch I! where it is allowedto saddle and fulcrum, and then by lining up the lug I-8 with the keeper notch 22, the adapter 20, by bridging both parts, the hook I6 and lug I8, is detachably lodged and securely, but removably anchored in place.

The detailed description preceding is primarily directed to the form of the invention in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive. Briefly summarized,sai d subject matter is directed to the special two-way brackets I and the adapters 20, singly or collectively.

Reference is had now to the modification 'depicted in Figures 5 and 6. Since the window frame bracket is exactly the same, the same reference numerals and lead lines are used to tie in" with Figures 1 to 4. However, the V-shaped drapery fixture is different and is denoted, as a unit, by the numeral 26.

Fixture 26 is characterized by a single unit embodying vertical and horizontal portions. The vertical portion, as a general rule, will be either V-shaped or U-shaped in construction and will therefore include upwardly and outwardly diverging members 21 and 28 forming a suitable crotch 29 in which the vertical panel portions of a window drape may be lodged and suspended, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 5. In actual practice, the members 21 and 28 may be stamped out or otherwise made to delineate flowers, bird wings and so on and so forth. The horizontal portion, which is the attachment and anchoring means for the overall fixture, is denoted by the numeral 30,

and this is also an adapter and corresponds to the aforementioned adapter 20. For this reason, the tip or terminal is curved, as at 3I ,to provide a suitable piloting nose to be fed into the crotch portions I4 or II of the hooks I3 and Hi. The upper straight edge has a clearance cut-out, as at 32, and is adapted to rest underneath of the chosen detent I5 or I8, as the case maybe. Instead of having the keeper notch in the top edge of the adapter, as shown in Figure2, said notch in Figures 5 and 6. adapters, 20 and 30,

33 is in the lower edge. Here, it is properly situated to nest itself nicely in the crotch portion of the hook, say, for instance, the hook I6 as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings.

It will be clear that the brackets I are the same throughout, that the curtain or drapery hanger may be either the U-shaped rod-type shown in Figure 1, or the V-shaped type shown In both adaptations, the respectively, have common structural characteristics and are correspondingly made to fit the brackets 1. Both adapters have keeper notches and pilot means. The principal difference is that the adapter 20 has the notch 22 in the top edge while the adapter 30 has the keeper notch 33 in its lower edge. The claims are therefore drawn in generic and specific terminology to comprehend these common characteristics.

Taking up now the embodiment or modification of Figure 7, the crane-type extension arm is denoted at 34 and the inward section 35 of same has a downturned end or journal 36 hinged in a socket member 31 formed integrally on. one end of the adapter 38. Here again the adapter is like the one shown in Figure 6 and has a clearance and angling recess 39 in the upper edge and an adapter notch 4!) in the lower edge and a pilot-nose 4I. At this stage, I would add that the adapters in Figures 6 and 7 both have a stop shoulder. The latter is denoted at 33a in Figure 6 and 40a in Figure 7 .and said shoulders nicely check the adapters as they are sent home," whereby to avoid undesirable forcing and hanging of the nose-portions with consequent damage to the wall surface or wall paper (not shown), as the case may be.

The present application is a continuation-inpart of my copending application, Serial No. 793,872 filed December 26, 1947, allowed April 2&2), 1949' and which became abandoned on Nov. 3, 1 49.

A careful consideration of the foregoing description in conjunction with the invention as illustrated in the drawings will enable the reader to obtain a clear understanding and impression of the allegedfeatures of merit and novelty sufficient to clarify the construction of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Minor changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of parts may be resorted to in actual practice so long as no departure is made from the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination, horizontally disposable a bracket comprising a attaching plate for fixed attachment to a part of a window construction,

said plate having a depending hook with crotch and bill and a horizontal lug, the latter being horizontally spaced from the hook and occupying a plane above the bill of said hook, and a drapery hanging means provided with an adapter, the terminal of which is rounded, pointed and provided with a keeper notch, the rounded and pointed portions serving to pilot said adapter so that latter may be saddled in the crotch of the hook with the pointed terminal underlying said lug.

2. Bracket means of the class shown and described comprising a pair of substantially duplicate superimposed plates adapted to be attached to the top of a window frame, one plate having a depending hook, a lug and depending hooked detent cooperable with. said hook, the other plate being provided with a substantially duplicate depending hook and a substantially duplicate lug and hooked detent, said hook and lug of each plate being horizontally spaced from one another in such relation as to accommodate adapters on curtain and drapery supports.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a substantially U-shaped curtain or drapery rod embodying a body portion and lateral adapters, each adapter being the same and including a curved tip constituting a pilot, a reinforcing rib on the upper edge, said rib having a notch and said notch constituting a keeper seat adapted to coact with a part of a window bracket.

4. In combination, a bracket adapted to be fixedly attached to a window frame and comprising plate means having an outstanding lug with a hooked detent at one end, having a depending hook with a crotch portion at the same end, said detent being substantially in the same plane as said plate means, the crotch portion of said hook being on a plane below said plate means but lined up for coaction with said leg and detent, and a drapery hanger embodying an adapter having a lower edge portion saddled in the crotch of the hook and an upper edge portion underlying said lug, said upper edge portion having a keeper notch and said lug fitting removably into said keeper notch.

5. In combination, a bracket adapted to be fixedly mounted on a window frame, said bracket embodying horizontally disposable plate means, the latter being provided at one end with a hook depending at right angles from and provided with crotch and bill portions situated on a plane slightly below the plane of the plate means, the latter also having an outstanding lug, said lug having a detent, said lug being laterally spaced from and in alignment with said crotch and in a plane with said plate means,

an adapter interposed between and bridging the hook and lug, said adapter being removably seated in said crotch, the upper edge of the adapter underlying said lug, the lower edge of the adapter having a keeper notch releasably engaged with said hook.

6. The structure specified in claim 1, wherein said drapery hanging means comprises a vertically disposed V-shaped member adapted to receive a window drape in festoon style.

'7. In combination, a bracket comprising a horizontal plate adapted to be fixedly mounted on a part of a window construction, said plate having a depending hook and a horizontal lu said lug being horizontally spaced from said hook and occupying a plane above the free end portion of said hook, an adapter limb having a curvate piloting nose at one end, having a vertically disposed socket member at its opposite end and provided intermediate its ends with a shouldered recess, the latter being situated in an edge portion of the limb, and a crane-type arm having a lateral portion mounted for oscillation in said socket member.

ANTHONY P. VESCHIO.

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